Egg-case filler



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W. D. COIL.

EGG CASE FILLER.

APPLICATION FILED 1uLv27.19x1.

1,308,578. l Patented July 1, 1919.

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WILLIAM D. COIL, OF MUNCIE, INDIANA.l

EGG-CASE FILLEIL Applioationled July 27, 1917. Serial No. 183,100.

Be a known'tht I, WILLIAM D. con), a

,citizen of lthe United States, residing at Muncie, .in the county ofDelaware and State of Indiana, have'invented certain new and l usefulImprovements in Egg-Case Fillers,

, case and its fillers, one side of the case and,

of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to'improvements 1n .egg case-fillers, .andparticularly to that type of filler which `is^ma`de up lofseriesofinterlocked longitudinal and cross strips of straw board, orotherfsuitable material.

It has been 4the practice to allow the yendsvv of the strips to projectslightly beyond the cellsY formed thereby so that they abut against theinner walls of the case to serve the ypurposev of preventing the fillersfrom,`

slipping. It has been found, however, that in shipment the joltingcaused by4 the starting and stopping of the train 'causes the ends-ofthese'strips to bend over land thus allow theffillers to slip back andforth, resulting in breakage of the eggs.-

`The object of this invention is to provide a construction whereby thisslippage is prevented.

It should be explained that in shi ping these egg cases they are allplaced in t e car in the same direction and 1t is usually the ends oi'vthose strips which extend in the direction of the train which becomebent so that my improvement relates to means for preventing the slippageof the fillers in a Alongitudinal direction which is the direction ofthe train.

In the drawings n Figure '1 is a perspective view of an egg its topbeing removed.

Fig. 2'is a top plan. view of :in egg case and its fillers with one-ofthe divlslon walls between the )fillers broken away with the top of the'case removed.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of gig. 4 is a detail sectionalview. k

Referring to the drawings, vl represents the bottom, 2 one of the ends,3 the sides and 4 one of the division walls of an egg case, constructedin the` usual manner. In the drawings there has been shown fivellers.Each one of these fillers is constructed of a series of longitudinalstrips 5 and a series of cross strips 6 interlocked vmths usual way ofSpecification of Letters `Patent.

top and bottom edges of the strips will coin` cide or be in the sametransverse plane. In the present case, however, the top edges of thecross strips 6 project above the top edges of the longitudinal stripsand the longitudinal strips project below the edges of the cross strips.It is necessary to place division walls between adjacent fillers andsuch division walls are represented by 7. ent case each of thesedivision Walls is so formed -as to provide a series of upwardlyextendingtransversely arran ed which form in effect-a series o grooves on theunder surface of the walls, these ribsbeing equal in number to thetransverse strips 6 and arranged the same distance apart as such strips.It will thus be seen that when the division walls are in place the upperedges of the transverse strips will fit into these grooves, and, as thedivision walls 7 snugly fit the interior of the case, the egg cells willall be locked from slipping in a longitudinal direction.

To accommodate the ribs 8 thus formed on the division walls, thelongitudinal strips 5 vare formed with notches 9 on the lower edgesequal in number to the ribs of each division wall which allows the loweredges of the strips 5 to rest on the apex of the grooves of the divisionwalls. This also furnishes an additional lock for the fillers since thenotches 9 are formed to snugly fit the rib, so that each filler islocked against 1ongitudinal movement both at the top and bottom.

It will be noticed that the ooves in the ribs are of a V-form which alows the division walls to be more readily inserted in place and whenthey are in position the projecting edges of the strips will be in theextremeapex portion of the V so that there can be little play whichwould afford longitudinal slippage. It will also be seen that In thepresribs 8 the notches 9 are of a V-form to fit the V- A assemblingpurposes while the lower notches 9 coperate with the ribs 8 of thepartitions as before explained.

Having thus described my' invention, I claim 1. In a structure of the-character described, a case, a plurality of fillers, each fillerconsisting of a series of longitudinal strips and a series oftransversely arranged strips with the ends of the strips abutting theinterior Walls of said case, one of the edges of each strip of oneseries projecting beyond the corresponding edges of the strips of theother series, and a series of divisional walls, each divisional wallhaving grooved ribs to receive said projecting edges, the strips `ofsaid other series having notches to receive the ribs of an adjacentdivision wall.

2. In a structure of the character described, a filler consisting of aserles of lon\ gitudinal strips and a series of cross strips, the topedges of said cross strlps being above all portionsof the top edges ofvthe otherl series of strips, and a transversely arranged division wallbetween ad] acent fillers having a series of grooves on one side thereofonly division Wall between adjacent fillers having a series of groovescorresponding in number and spacing to the number and spacing of thesaid cross strips'so as to receive the upper edges of said cross strips,the bottom edges' ofthe lon itudinal strips being provided with notc iesto receive the ribs of their corresponding division wall so that saidedges may rest upon said wall between saidribs. In testimony whereof Ihave hereunto set lmy hand this 21st day of July, 1917.

WILLIAM D. con..v

Witness: i c

CHAS. I. WELCH.

